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[ANCHOR=Kim]

An explosion causes a house fire this morning in Franklin County.
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[VO-NAT]

And, the each member of Democratic ticket goes solo on the campaign trail.
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[ANCHOR=BRENT]
[SS=None]
Another warm and humid day with a good chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms. I'll have your details.
[ANCHOR=Kim]
Stay with us. News 7 at noon, starts right now.

[House-Fire]

Federal agents are helping in the investigation of a house fire early this morning near Smith Mountain Lake.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin County]
The house on Pine Haven Lane was unoccupied at the time and is a total loss, estimated at about 125-thousand dollars.

Officials say the owner lives in Florida.
The fire broke out around 3 o-clock this morning. Crews from Glade Hill, Scruggs, and Smith Mountain Lake needed about two hours to put out the blaze.
No one was hurt.
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[Tazewell-Cold]

Some stores in the southwest part of the state are restricting sales of over the counter allergy and cold medications.
It's an effort to combat meth- amphetamine abuse.
The medicines are a key component of the highly addictive amphetamine.
Tazewell commonwealth's attorney Dennis Lee says people who need cold and allergy medicine will not have a problem getting it.
However authorities are keeping in close contact with pharmacies to find out if anyone is buying large quantities of the drugs.
Lee says truck drivers and motorcycle gangs are known to distribute methamphetamine in the region.

[Campaign-2004]

Both President Bush and John Kerry are putting more miles on the campaign trail, as polls show the Presidential race tighter than ever.
Aleen Sirgany has the latest from Washington.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Boston, MA;]
[SUPER=01-Sen. John Kerry/(D) Presidential Candidate;]
[SUPER=04-"60 Minutes";]
[SUPER=01-Elizabeth Edwards/Wife of John Edwards;]
[SUPER=01-Craig Crawford/CBS Political Analyst;]
[SUPER=01-Aleen Sirgany/CBS News;]
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[OUT Q=Sirgany, CBS News, Washington.]
((
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE PICKING HIS NUMBER TWO... PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL
JOHN KERRY HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ON HIS OWN TODAY. KERRY CHOSE HIS OWN
BACK YARD, BOSTON, TO GO SOLO.
(possible SOT) Sen. John Kerry/(D) Candidate for President

(FROM: 60 MINUTES)
APPEARING LAST NIGHT ON CBS'S 60 MINUTES, THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR WIVES
SEEMED LIKE OLD FRIENDS.
(SOT)KERRY
CHOSE HIM BECAUSE I WANTED THE BEST PERSON AND I THINK HE'S THE
BEST.(FROM: 60 MINUTES)
(SOT)ELIZABETH EDWARDS: " I THINK WERE IN FOR UH, WE NEED TO START
LOOKING FOR SILVER ANNIVERSARY GIFTS. THIS IS A MARRIAGE THAT'S WORKING.
YUP.
POLLS SHOW KERRY GOT A BOOST WITH THE EDWARDS PICK, BUT THE RACE IS
STILL TIGHT.
(SOT) Craig Crawford/Early Show Political Analyst:
this one is going to be a coin flip all the way to election day.
TRYING TO CONVINCE VOTERS "HE'S" THE BEST PICK FOR THE WHITE HOUSE,
PRESIDENT BUSH MADE A STOP AT THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB IN TENNESSEE.
HE'S RALLYING SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON TERROR JUST DAYS AFTER A SENATE
REPORT SHOWED THE C-I-A GAVE MISLEADING INFORMATION ABOUT IRAQ'S WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
(possible SOT)BUSH

(STANDUP)
ANOTHER FACTOR IN THIS RACE....THAT OTHER CANDIDATE, RALPH
NADER......ANALYSTS ARGUE, WITH THE NECK AND NECK RACE BETWEEN BUSH AND
KERRY, NADER IS THE ONE GETTING IN THE WAY FOR A BIG KERRY/EDWARDS LEAD.
ALEEN SIRGANY, CBS NEWS, WASH.
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[Greece-Blackout]

Residents in Athens, Greece are dealing with 104- degree heat, and an Olympic- sized power outage.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Athens, Greece;]

Today's outage has raised new concerns about Athens' ability to handle increased power demands when it hosts the Olympic games in August.
A government spokesman says it's possible that a major substation failed, triggering a domino effect throughout the electrical grid.
Power was restored in Athens in about 20 minutes, but many outlying areas are still without electricity.
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[England]

One hearing is delayed, but another will likely go on for Private Lynndie England.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]

England is the Army reservist in photos showing prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq.
Instead of a hearing to determine if England should face a military trial, today's proceedings will likely be a short hearing on administrative and procedural matters.
England faces 13 counts for her alleged role in the Iraqi abuse scandal.
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((
Iraqi officials today said they would soon be extending amnesty to some militants - and the harshest possible punishmen
t to those who keep killing US soldiers and Iraqi civilians. (roll insert: SOT Yawar) IRAQ'S PRESIDENT GHAZI AL YAWAR
SAYS AMNESTY WILL BE OFFERED, TO WHAT HE CALLS, "FIGHTERS WHO HAVE NOT COMMITTED TOO MANY ATROCIOUS ACTS." (UPSOT ARA
BIC) BUT MILITANTS CAUGHT COMMITTING VIOLENT ACTS MAY BE SENTENCED TO DEATH...BY BEHEADING. (VO: Samarra aftermath pix) AT LEAST TWO U-S SOLDIERS WERE KILLED WHEN A ROADSIDE BOMB HIT THEIR CONVOY IN SAMARRA, NORTH OF BAGHDAD. MILITANTS ALSO AMBUSHED A U-S PATROL HERE IN THE CAPITAL SUNDAY. (vo: filipino hostage - Al Jazeera) MEANWHILE, KIDNAPPERS ARE THREATENING TO BEHEAD HOSTAGE ANGELO DE LA CRUZ TOMORROW, UNLESS THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS ITS TROOPS FROM IRAQ. (vo: file filipino peacekeepers) THE GOVERNMENT REFUSED. (vo: hostage family praying) IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY THE KIDNAPPERS EXTENDED THE EXECUTION DEADLINE - BUT EVERY TIME THEY DO, THEY GET MORE PUBLICITY, AND SPREAD MORE FEAR. (vo: Rubaie) TO ADD TO THE TERROR, IRAQI OFFICIALS HAVE NOW SUGGESTED JORDANIAN ABU MUSAB AL ZARQAWI MAY BE TRYING TO MAK
E A DIRTY BOMB. (SOT Mowaffak al Rubaie, Iraqi National Security Advisor, 003710) "There is no ceiling for these peop
le, nothing will stop them." (vo: still pic Zarqawi) NO PROOF WAS OFFERED, BUT IRAQI OFFICIALS AREN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES. (ON CAM CLOSE) With today's announcements, it seems the Iraqis have decided to fight the militants on their own terms with equally deadly force. Kimberly Dozier, CBS News, Baghdad. ))
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[ENG#=V10]
Coming up next on the newscast, one of the people involved in the Enron scandal reports to prison.
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[VO-NAT ]

[Enron]

The wife of the former chief financial officer of Enron reported to federal prison this morning in Houston.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Houston, TX;]

42- year- old Lea (LEE) Fastow-- wife of Andrew Fastow-- will spend the next year in an eight- by- 10- foot cell, several miles away from her upscale neighborhood.
In May, she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor tax crime, admitting she helped her husband hide money.
Andrew Fastow was convicted on various counts stemming from financial schemes that caused the energy company to collapse in 2001.
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[Ship-Wreck]

After being rescued by a German aid ship, 37 African shipwreck victims are back on dry land.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Sicily, Italy;]

They disembarked today in Italy after a three- week standoff.
Officials believe the survivors are mostly refugees seeing asylum from Sudan.
According to a German Web site, the Africans were rescued from a rubber dinghy drifting off northern Africa.
Police detained the ship's captain, who could face charges of aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
Italian officials say there will be a full investigation.
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=lmc]
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[ENG #3]
The kickoff to a Franklin County church's vacation Bible school ended Saturday with 18-children needing treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co./Saturday Night; ]
Rain forced the event at Halesford Baptist Church inside, including four inflatable games.
The carnival continued until some children started complaining of headaches. Chaperones knew something was wrong and evacuated the building.
Renee Brown, the Children's Choir Director was one of the organizers at the event who directed the children out of the building.
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[SOT - 14:40:10]
[IN Q=My first instinct]
[SUPER=01-Renee Brown/Children's Choir Director;]
[RUNS=:15]
[OUT Q=them were comfortable.]
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[VO-NAT]
The source of the illnesses was later linked to exhaust from a generator brought inside to inflate the games.
All of the children were released from the hospital and church services resumed Sunday as normal.
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[SOT 29:01:51]
((CHOIR: SINGING PRAISE, SINGING...))
[RUNS= 03]
Churches across America sung praise in different ways Sunday, but at many of them, the message was the same.
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[SOT 5:30:46]
[IN Q=The only way to]
((FALWELL: THE ONLY WAY TO GUARANTEE TO OUR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN'S CHILDREN THAT THE FAMILY IS SECURE IN AMERICA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.))
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[OUT Q=a constitutional amendment]
Reverend Jerry Falwell of Thomas Road Baptist Church and about 40 other ministers nationwide organized "Protect Marriage Sunday."
A reported 30,000 churches participated and geared their messages around marriage and family.
It's all in an effort to support a constitutional amendment proposed by President Bush earlier this year.
One that defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
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[SOT 5:28:00]
[IN Q=It was last year]
((FALWELL: IT WAS LAST YEAR THAT THE US SUPREME COURT GAVE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION TO HOMOSEXUAL SODOMY AND WE SAW INSTANTLY THE NEXT STEP IS SAME SEX MARRIAGE AND SO WE BEGAN MEETING THEN.))
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[OUT Q=began meeting then]
But gay rights activists, who attended services at Thomas Road Sunday, say gay marriage is about civil rights - not religion.
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[SOT 5:41:49]
[IN Q=My partner of 23 years]
((MEL WHITE: MY PARTNER OF 23 YEARS - I CAN'T EVEN CHOOSE THE PLACE HE'S BURIED. I CAN'T EVEN GET TO HIM WHEN HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I'M NEXT OF KIN, WE CAN'T ADOPT TOGETHER, IN VIRGINIA WE CAN'T EVEN OWN HOMES TOGETHER OR HAVE POWERS OF ATTORNEY TOGETHER.))
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[OUT Q=of attorney together]
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[SOT 5:46:30]
[IN Q=A senate vote]
((JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: A SENATE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT COULD COME AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY WHICH IS WHY MILLIONS OF PARISHIONERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO CALL THEIR SENATORS MONDAY.))
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[OUT Q=their senators Monday]
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[SOT 5:40:15]
[IN Q=I will be calling]
((COREY HIDLEBAUGH: I WILL BE CALLING MY SENATORS INDEED, JUST LIKE JERRY SAID. I MIGHT NOT BE HAVING THE SAME WORDS THAT HE WOULD SAY TO THEM, BUT I'LL BE CALLING MY SENATORS AND I ALREADY HAVE.))
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[OUT Q=I already have]
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[SOT 5:29:05]
[IN Q=My educated guess]
((FALWELL: MY EDUCATED GUESS IS WE'LL HAVE A MAJORITY BUT NOT A TWO- THIRDS MAJORITY, BUT WE'LL HAVE ON RECORD THEN ALL THE NO VOTES AND ABSTENTIONS WHICH WE WILL TAKE TO THE PEOPLE TO HOPEFULLY REMOVE THESE GUYS FROM OFFICE.))
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[OUT Q=these guys from office.]
Falwell estimates it could take as many as four years to get the Constitution amended, but is willing fight for it as long as it takes.
Jennifer Wishon, News 7, Lynchburg.))
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[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[ENG#=V10]

Coming up next on the newscast,
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[VO-NAT ]
we'll see how some amorous swimmers are trying to set a world record.
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[Kissing-Contest]

Italians may have a reputation for romance--
But in one contest, they couldn't hold a candle to the Americans.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Riccione, Italy;]

The Second World Kissing Day Games opened yesterday at a resort on the northeastern coast of Italy.
32- couples locked lips UNDERWATER for the event, with some three- thousand spectators cheering them on.
At the final show-down for first place, winners of last year's competition were unable to beat a couple from the U-S, who won a similar contest in Miami.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=It's a sensational]
((ESTEBAN GIOUGOBAZ/CONTEST WINNER: ITS A SENSATIONAL DAY. WE NEVER EXPECTED TO WIN AGAIN - IN ITALY - BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THE OUTSIDERS BUT AT THE END WE MADE IT AND WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT. ))
[SUPER=01-Esteban Giougobaz/Contest Winner;]
[RUNS=:13]
[OUT Q=we are happy about it.]
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[VO-NAT]

Although only in its second year, the underwater kissing event appears to be a success -- a cool escape from the Italian summer heat.
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[S-Race]

Tony Stewart won his first race of the season by taking home the Tropicana 400 checkered flag yesterday, but as usual with Stewart, contoversy marred his win.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Joliet, IL/NBC Sports; :00]

Early in the race, Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch found trouble, ramming each other after Newman cut down a tire.
Following a restart at lap 127, Kasey Kahne was leading when he got just the slightest bit loose.
Stewart on fresh tires, made contact with Kahne's bumper, sending the number 9 car into the wall and out of the race.
That's when the fireworks started.
Kahne's crew chief, Tommy Baldwin ended up in Stewart's pit, livid at what had just transpired.
Team members from each side engaged in a brief scuffle, before cooler heads prevailed.
But some heavy fines are probably on the way down the pike.
Stewart was strong all day, leading 213 laps on his way to the checkered flag, but afterwards the talk was about what happened in the pits.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Tony Stewart/First Win of the Season; :00]
[SUPER=01-Greg Zipadelli/Stewart's Crew Chief; :26]
[SUPER=01-Tommy Baldwin/Kahne's Crew Chief; :44]
[RUNS=:50]
[OUT Q=what happened after that."]
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[SUPER=0106-1. Tony Stewart//2. Jimmie Johnson//3. Dale Jarrett//4. Jeff Gordon//5. Jeremy Mayfield//;]
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[SUPER=0106-6. Terry Labonte//7. Sterling Marlin//8. Joe Nemechek//9. Michael Waltrip//10. Kevin Harvick//;]
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[SUPER=0106-11. Rusty Wallace//12. Matt Kenseth//13. Jamie McMurray//14. Brian Vickers//15. Casey Mears//;]
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[SUPER=0106-16. John Andretti//17. Robby Gordon//18. Bobby Labonte//19. Ward Burton//20. Greg Biffle//;]
[SUPER=X5009;]
[SUPER=0106-21. Elliott Sadler//22. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.//23. Scott Wimmer//24. Mark Martin//25. Jimmy Spencer//;]
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[OUT Q=.....last driver."]
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[S-Suggs]

Lee Suggs is headed for training camp with the Cleveland Browns in two weeks as a starter, after playing in 7 games a year ago as a rookie.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Cincinnati, OH/Last Season; :00]

Following William Green's off the field problems, Suggs was given a chance to perform in the final two games.
He didn't disappoint, earning the right to carry the load this season.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Lee Suggs/Cleveland Browns Starting Tailback; :03]
[RUNS=:24]
[OUT Q=it's paying off."]
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[VO-NAT]

Suggs will take his cues from a new quarterback this season.
Now that Tim Couch is gone, Jeff Garcia takes over the signal-calling for the Browns.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[RUNS=:16]
[OUT Q=ride with him."]
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[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=Noon]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=04-17 TC-1:07:47]
[GRAPHIC=none]
[ENG#=3]
Love the outdoors, fresh air, and the smell of recently cut grass? Well, one community college may have a class for you.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Lexington;]
As part of its hospitality management program, *Dabney Lancaster Community College* started a Golf Course Management course three years ago.
It's the only program of its kind in the community college system.
Students spend about half their time in the classroom and the other half getting into the swing of things at golf courses.
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[SOT - 2:50:50]
[IN Q=It's a growing industry...]
((RICHARD TEAFF/DABNEY LANCASTER PRESIDENT; IT'S A GROWING INDUSTRY, SO AS MORE PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT IT, THEY ARE ENTERING THE PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRADITIONAL AGE, RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHANGING CAREERS COMING IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL.))
[SUPER=01-Richard Teaff/Dabney Lancaster President; ]
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[OUT Q=in the program as well.]
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[VO-NAT]
In fact one of the students starting a new career is former Lexington Schools Superintendent Nick Maschal (MAS-kuhl).

He says if not for the program, he would have started with crowded classes through the national and state golf associations.
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[SOT - 2:57:32]
[IN Q=I would have had to start...]
((NICK MASCHAL/GOLF MANAGEMENT STUDENT; I WOULD HAVE HAD TO START THERE, AND ELBOW MY WAY INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE TO GET PAST ALL THE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING MANY YEARS AT THIS. BY BEING TRAINED THIS WAY AND WORKING WITH SOME TRUE PROFESSIONALS AND WATCHING THEM WORK IT'S GIVEN ME A LEG UP ON GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR VERY QUICKLY))
[SUPER=01-Nick Maschal/Golf Management Student; ]
[RUNS=22]
[OUT Q=ground floor very quickly.]
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[VO-NAT]
So far the school has teamed up with the Homestead and the Lexington Golf and Country Club. School officials hope to add the Vista Links in Buena Vista and the Greenbrier to that list soon.
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